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prevention

[pri-ven-shuhn] / prɪˈvɛn ʃən /


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The weight-loss drug market leader is renewing a focus on infectious-disease prevention.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 27, 2026

It would have required the state’s regulatory agency to consider the audits’ findings before agreeing to raise customer rates to cover even more wildfire prevention spending.

From Los Angeles Times • May 26, 2026

The findings could have important implications for cancer treatment and prevention.

From Science Daily • May 25, 2026

Under new government plans, the companies will be judged on eight different standards - including victim support and crime prevention.

From BBC • May 21, 2026

It is no longer concerned primarily with the prevention and punishment of crime, but rather with the management and control of the dispossessed.

From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander




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